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Three bullets were taken from Khan’s leg.
Pakistan’s ex-PM Imran Khan said that he didn’t need “any reason to accuse this government for me to get back into power”. This comes after an official from Khan’s party said that he was shot in the foot at a rally on Thursday. “I condemn the incident of firing on PTI Chairman…will pray for the…
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The election is driven by the central tension.
US President Joe Biden has warned that the future of democracy in the country could depend on the results of next week’s midterm elections. “There are candidates…running for every level of office in America, for governor, for Congress, for attorney general, for secretary of state who won’t commit to accepting the results of the elections…
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Biden and Trump are holding rallies on the final day of the campaign.
US election officials have said that they have found no evidence of voter fraud. This comes amid claims by Democrats that voter impersonation is a major problem in the US. Experts claim that there’s no evidence of ballot fraud in the 2020 election. They also said that it’s easy to identify a voter who hasn’t…
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Russia is bruised as winter approaches.
Russia on Sunday blamed Ukraine for an explosion that damaged the Kerch Bridge, which connects Russian-occupied Crimea to mainland Russia. The attack comes hours after Russia blamed Ukraine for a weekend explosion that partially damaged the bridge. “Russia is doing what it takes to protect itself and its citizens from attacks on Ukraine’s Kerch Bridge,”…
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Live updates on Election Day, and the rest of the year.
US Senator Robert Ritter, the Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, has said that it could take days to complete the vote count in the state. On a right-wing show monitored by liberal organisation, Ritter said that it could take days to complete the vote count after the acting elections chief told NBC News it…
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The people who will make a decision in this election.
Republican registered voters nationwide and in competitive Congressional districts are a bit more likely to say they are deeply motivated to vote than are Democratic registered voters (52% extremely motivated among Republicans nationally, 46% among Democrats), a new survey said. Registered voters are more likely to see local Democratic candidates as caring about people like…
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The Israel we know is gone.
A Jewish nationalist who met with Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday said the US is likely to boycott him. “I think the US is likely to boycott him,” said Itamar Ben-Gvir, who is expected to become a senior Cabinet Minister. Ben-Gvir is a leader of the far-right Yisrael Beytenu party, which has an…
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The opening statements of the Oath Keepers trial were dramatic.
US President Donald Trump’s former personal aide Kellye SoRelle, who is testifying in the trial of five members of Oath Keepers, has told the jury that she told them todelete text messages and other materials about their activities after the attack on the US Capitol. SoRelle said she acted on her own when she told…
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It isn’t ok for armed election deniers to intimidate voters.
Activists in US’ Georgia have sought a halt to early voting, urged to count votes by hand and sought to require voter ID at polling places. In Georgia, the courts enforce a law to protect voting rights, as they did with challenges during the last election. State statute requires boards of election to get equal…
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The man who attacked Pelosi will not be going to court.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband Paul Pelosi, who was attacked with a hammer at their San Francisco home last month, has been charged with five counts of attempted murder. According to authorities, David DePape, a lawyer, had broken into Paul Pelosi’s home and shouted “Where’s Nancy?” during the attack. Nancy Pelosi also spoke about…
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Donald Trump would run against Ron DeSantis.
Donald Trump on Sunday took a dig at Florida Governor Ron DeSantis at a rally, referring to him as “Ron deSanctimonious”. DeSantis did not seek Trump’s endorsement for his 2022 reelection bid and the two men held dueling rallies over the weekend. At his rally on Sunday, Trump did not mention DeSantis.
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Lake has a chance of winning a swing state governorship.
Republican secretary of state nominees in Arizona and Indiana have raised more than $1.2 million (over 8.7 crore) in this election cycle, according to an analysis by Issue One, a non-profit organisation. In Arizona, over $1.1 million was raised by Republican nominee Mark Finchem, while nearly $700,000 was raised by his Democratic opponent, Armando Fontes.…
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Beijing is refusing to change course even as Anger at the policy is rising.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has been named the General Secretary of China’s Communist Party for the next five years at a meeting of the party’s top decision-making body scheduled to be held on Wednesday. Xi has been in this role for the past five years. He has been the Chairman of the Central Committee of…
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Kevin McCarthy outlines the Republicans’ agenda.
US House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy has said that the first thing he would ask President Donald Trump to do is not to call “half the nation idiots” and say “things about them because they have a difference of opinion”. “I’ll ask the president to not to call half the nation idiots or say things…
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The Justice Department says that ballot security efforts in Arizona are likely illegal.
Republican candidate for Governor of Pennsylvania, Doug Mastriano said that it could take days to complete the vote count after the acting elections chief told NBC News that it could take days. Mastriano said this after the acting elections chief said it could take days to complete the vote count. He added that mail-in ballots…
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The New Jersey Congressional Race looks like a bellwether.
US President Joe Biden on Thursday warned that the current election could cause political wreckage that is beyond mending. He added, “I think that [Trump’s] supporters, who have embraced his anti-democracy, populist, nationalist appeal to mainly White voters, because of a backlash to the first Black presidency of Barack Obama, feel a lack of understanding…
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This election is likely to go on for a while.
US President Donald Trump has said that he is hopeful that the early election results for the 2020 state Senate elections, in which he is seeking a third term, “will be announced in a few hours”. The results are expected to show mail ballots that were cast early and come from Democrats who are more…
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Georgia has had a record-breaking early voting period.
Republican US Senator from North Carolina Paul Budd introduced the Combat Voter Fraud Act, a bill that would make it illegal to vote in certain elections by absentee ballot. The bill has been introduced after an alleged voter fraud scandal in Budd’s state. The bill would also allow voter registration agencies to verify the identities…
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CNN is one thing.
Voters who voted for US President Donald Trump in 2020 presidential elections are planning to support Mehmet Oz, a doctor and Republican candidate for US Senate. A Pew Research survey found that most voters in these four states, Florida, Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania, do not think ex-President Joe Biden had won the election, despite false…
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Russia is in revenge.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has said the country is ready to accept Russian refugees who want to leave Ukraine. “We are ready to take them to any place in the country of their choice,” Zelenskyy said, adding that Russia would provide housing vouchers to those who wish to move further from the conflict. The Ukrainian…
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With most votes now counted, Netanyahu seems likely to become Israel’s leader.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was re-elected to a second five-year term on Tuesday, with his Likud Party winning the most votes in the General Elections. However, Netanyahu’s coalition didn’t secure a majority in the 120-member parliament. Meanwhile, Israeli President Reuven Rivlin has called the elections an “opportunity to restore Israel’s democracy”, saying, “It’s time…
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Biden is a strong election closing argument for a different election.
US President Joe Biden said that “nothing will create more chaos” or do more damage to the American economy in the mid-term election, which is scheduled to be held on November 3. “In Florida you need to hit a Republican in the middle of the campaign to get the president to stick with you,” a…
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He is not welcome in all of the places he is campaigning.
US President Joe Biden has said that he believes the upcoming US midterm elections “might cause political damage that is beyond repair” due to “anti-democratic nature of the Republican candidates”. He added, “I want to be clear that we don’t have to accept these kinds of results.” Biden further said that it would be a…
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Biden said that the midterms had a choice between different visions of America.
Former US Vice President Joe Biden said that “the way to chaos” in America is if Republicans win the US elections. “It’ll lead to the destruction of this democracy,” he added. Biden’s comments come amid reports that Donald Trump’s campaign has been trying to recruit poll watchers and intimidating voters in the run-up to the…
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Trump and Ron DeSantis are campaigning in Florida on Sunday.
Former US President Donald Trump on Sunday campaigned for Republican gubernatorial candidate Ron DeSantis in Florida, where the polls are underway for the US Presidential election. DeSantis is running against Democrat Charlie Crist for Florida’s Governor’s seat. DeSantis recently endorsed Republican businessman and Colorado Senate candidate Joe O’Dea, as O’Dea vowed in October to “actively…